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n nrn r? n HISTORY OF THE CRIME AND NARRATIVE OF TRIAL EVELYN IS SNEERED AT BY JEROME IN SPEECH .. - 4 , . ...... i, , , . ,., ; i Prosecutor Unmercifully Grills Evelyn Thaw and the Prisoner lr Closing Argument to Jury Calls Murder an Ordinary ; t Tenderloin Crime, Not' a Tragedy. ; v- ''. " Vvr-;-;.v -,. Read Like the Vs Romance and Intrigue In Case Makes Its Storv t Plot of a Sensational Novel-Mil Elements to 7 Attract Fev- f ' , wish Interest of Multitude, TMS UKE.UUM DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL II. 1807. WMME OS f ' , I ! , . I i L I k, iiy ii v ' . By Charles 8omrv1ll. ; Jmraal ca Nw York. April 10-Th trial for aiurder of Harry Kendall Thaw has been and, remalna tha moat famous, fas cinating and Strang tragic portrayal of human life that hae been publicly mad for many, many years. - 11 .Parla. London, (tome. Berlin, Madrid, Australia aent thalr special orrepond anU to report, thl trial of a millionaire. famoujfprjUieYaniiea olbUXtvnW Wealth, and for hla madcap1 extrava ganeesdn many capitals, accused of de liberately and without an excuse before the law murdering: Stanford White, a man even more famous and with a hither, more legitimate renown man. la short, who stood as an International ngur m architectural art - " fcv of TJple Depth. " ,A ,, . And,, there was one motive for this crime a love of eplo depth springing up la the heart of a wanton, Irresponsi ble, happy-go-lucky young - millionaire tor a little, rarely beautiful rarely girl, ish. dslnty creature, a child whose beau ty and BOvertv BAJt cnninlNiil In Mat , her outside the realm of moral society. innuentlal 8 tan ford whit had made Kvelyn Nesblt such that she herself baa sworn, shs shuddered In horror. and wept the bitterest tears that ever woman wept, when this young million' aire, acknowledging that the lov aha had Inspired In him was no fancy of a day, a month or a year,, but the great love of his life., asked her-to marry . him. .(! -.. ,, -' .. .. ... Thaw Begaa'So'siato'whlia.'.J7!'''' ha told him 'She could not, and whan aha told him why ah could not, I blinding hat had grown up in this ! young man's mind aad heart against m rvcn, gay. famous.-grlssled archlteot wno nad been ruthleaa of girlhood and Innoosno In satiatlna- his erotic whlraa The-descriptions nd explanations of now tha hatred and horror of this man grew; how. finally. It bag been" told at this great trial. It blighted the mental vision - of . the on man and - coat the other man his life hav made wonderful . chapter of several day of th great la th beginning there waa no mys tery to be revealed a to the manner of v th commission of th crime A thou sand persons had gathered on the great roof of majestic Madison Square garden. At a table, aturfvlna' rfanclnv artrla with a appreciative eye sat Stanford White, th designer of th magnificent building , on whose roof he bad come with, th gaiety that always garbed hlra'ln-th . nighttime. Before th gas of the thou, sand persons Barry Thaw shot again and atlU again, and Stanford White ropped dead from hi chair. But from the very first it was plain that the defendant In thla great murder -"xasewaTf an extraordinary temper."-: - Moat men the realisation' of : the gravity Of their' crime , coming fully upon them a there la no doubt It had com upon Thaw soma hours after Its commission would hav- . gratefully heeded ' the advice which pointed - out that th punishment of death might be easily escaped by a few years of suffer ing. H was told that that there, waa much in hla past, and in his then nerv ous condition oa which alienists could found a quick plea of Insanity: that then he would be aent to an asylum for a feW year and wfter he had been pronounced cured could go oa trial with an almost positive prospect of ao quJttaL - V"' ' VWaaissi Jury to Xea tory.:; .t He discharged tha lawyers that so advised htm. "I want jury to hear' my story that Is allf" he told them. ' I want anylt men to hear my story and they will set m fr. , ' To .this poaltlon be absolutely stuck. H gathered about htm a corps of coun sel who would fight for" him on ths grounds and these aione. He choae.at first men utterly unknown to th fame of criminal trials Clifford W. Hart rldge. John W. Gleason and Clarence Peabody. They -were hla club fellows hi friends as well as lawyer. He also drew to hia side Daniel O'Reilly, a master of th qult hidden strategle In big" trials.' . ;; - ' And then Delphln M. Delmas, seeking New Tork as a new field after the rain of San Francisco. Thaw, engaged on tha advice of . wealthy young Traxton I Beale. a California friend. Delmaa -was a - ItaMim. am the rna t ' Hi had wta acquittals in every case , of murder where he had for client a man who motive for the crime had been founded on nobility of sentiment .regarding th honor of his women folk. y On January IS last th trial 'began, sssii hundred policemen fought back th's crowds in tha corridors of th criminal court house. 8oltd parallel tinea of po liceman ranged from a aid street en trance to th" court hous. - along th corridors and atalrwsys, holding a clear passage for th family of tha accused ' ' Twa Hundred Beportera. .'-' ' Only by ticket from - the chief' of colic could any- person, gain entrance to the court room. Twa hundred and twenty-fir reporters famous i authors among them were crowded along tables and oa chairs, th arms of which they used as desks. -v '' ' District Attorney Jerom waa there to try tha cas in person. Young Osr vln hla assistant,- waa near him. Around them sat fsmouw xprt on mental dis eases. Clustered around th table back of th railing where th ut offlolals S 11 i . j . . . . The Dcst Scocriag Soap llxiz A Scorjrlnjf Soip A Meul Polish A Glass Cleaner sst, assigned to Thaw and his lawysrs, were experts In mental diseases In the I employ of the defense. .... - v.,;.. "Harry Thaw t th bar,"' th clerk called crisply. ' 'Tha rear door awung open. In a little aide room Thaw had been waiting Impatiently for th call. He came down the length of th court room In long hasty strides, his long legs working loosely. v , Twelvs days It took to "choose the 11 raon to try-Thaw, for- bis llfa-Kigateen. Jurors In all were chosen of - 400 ex amined. Six times Jerome saw reasons for rejecting, roen already .In places In the Jury-box. ',.' ?. .; .'.'.-,. ' ' Thaw himself took an active part In this Jury choosing. A half dosrn 'times st least a talesman proved acceptable to his lawyers, but was rejected because of a decisive negativ .oodof Harry j Thaw's head. '' ; i .;"lr:,.-" -t ...4 . The prosecution , presented Its direct! case with a brevity that had In It aome- j thing- appalling to those who felt Inter ested is Thaw's acquittal. In quick, ! cold, buslnesa-llke fashion the faots of; th slaying of Stanford White war laid j agalpat Harry Thaw.--; ,.'".. 'v.. -. ;.-(-n Watss Boa SMnrt wttaa, - - I Lawrenc : Irving Whlta, th . dead ! maa'a. young son, was ths first wltotss. He had nothing essential to tell. But his . mere sppearancs was effective against Thaw. Thaw did not once look at tha son of his victim. , A . Cltlxens ' who had witnessed tha pro. ceeding and policemen ' who had taken ! Thaw Into custody Immediately after-' ward were rapidly examined. -j And all but one of th witnesses d-t clared thst after the shooting Thaw's face waa very-while and that his eyes wers staring. t - ' ? ; t ' Delmaa conducted the erom-examlna-tlon of these ' wltnersea, He bad sat silent through th weeks of Jury choos ing. However, these cross-examination were brier, and the. public had little op portunity to Judge of the ability of the famous Pacific coast advocate ' at , this time. He contented himself. with bring-' Ing out that Thaw's fsc wss pale, and that his aye were staring. ' .".," i There was a rumor then that Thaw' would make a startling defense that he would deolnr that he ahot Stanford! Whit In protecting hla own life. There waa talk that the defense would, show that Whit waa armed atvth time. Thia all turned out to be- Idle, .y , ; Xaaaalfy Was Thaw's ' . .:.: s; - Insanity was th - plea . offered for Thaw temporary insanity. - Other than self-defense It was hlat only possible plea. . . Tha law of tha state of New Tork recognises as excusable. homicide elf- defense or Insanity, or th .killing of soma person la th act of attempting: a felonious offense; 'agalnSt-the -person- Of a parent,, enuu or wife or hoeband. ' - Th opening day of Harry ThaWa de Tens Waa a black ona for him. It waa a day of blunder, In ' which on of his witnesses left th stand with bis testimony tor to shreds, and th other left without having' been able to tell his story- at alL , ' To th surprise of everybody on this day. jonn w. oieaaoa appeared as the senior counsel of Thaw's corps of law yer. - It appeared that Delmaa' was t be reserved merely for his eloquence In summing up. ., Oleason mad th open ing address. ... ti-- i '. . , It combined what everybody knew it would, the statement ' that Stanford White's atns against tha woman Thaw loved had driven Thaw mad. Then Gleason put Dr. Wiley on the witness stand and for a 'time th trial waa a farce. Wiley, as a matter of fact waa unprepared to be used in the manner he was by Oleason. Wiley la a superintendent of a Pennsylvania asy lum lor tne insane,- and he testified to having seen Thaw one. ; . - Ztelmas Assumes teadsrsalp,' -, Wiley fairly sUggered off th wit ness stand..- For week after that he haunted the corridors , of th- criminal courthouse asking for a chance to go back on the stand under th proper preparation tf most Jerome. ' Th next witness was Boman who had been a doortender at th Madison Square theatre on Christmas eve, -1901. He had a very important story to tell, but when Jerom, with a brilliant show of technical knowledge, reared 1 barriers against th man being allowed to tell his story, Oleason waa caught utterly at A loss to meet Jerom. . Th next day found Delmaa In charge of Harry .Thaw defense. Tha public heaved a sigh of relief. Thaw Innocent ) guilty, they bad no relish la seeing a man on trial for hla Ufa whose chain plona seemed Improperly armed: A ory went up, becaus from Delmaa' first words tha presence of a -competent com mander was felt. -He cleared away tha tangles of th day before, and, placing Boman on ' the witness stand, ateered him se skillfully through the- legal mases that Jerome-waa utterly beaten and Boman (old a story that undoubted ly ha nad It weight with the Thaw Jurors.""'' i - ......... m... The battle over thla evidence made a sharp array of Delmaa and Jerome, and Delmaa began a series of triumphs ever Jerom that destroyed Jerome's smiling demeanor andr found him' Irascible and sometimes utterly misplacing rudeness for satire. Delmaa continued an un brokenly auay and courteous demeanor and th wit 'of hla retort to Jerom had almost paternal kindliness la i some of them as ' on would h alf -humorously rebuke a boy, : . , vBvslya Vakss to staad. . ' Sixteen , daya after- th beginning of the trial cam th days when th crowds .fought clousty-.tot ga tao the , cnjirtp room, and those who were there sa straight In. their chaisa and" with eyes fixed lntenseiy.'bn' th witness for tb witness was Evelyn Nesblt Thaw and everybody realised .that -Thaw's highest hop lay In th story tnat.sn wouia mu me jury. ....-.-- -. In her little blue jacket and broad col lar, her hair knotted at the back of her neck with ; a. broad-. black ribbon; , her delicate face,' with a lily's whiteness; her large, rioIeKeyes. ,hsr soft, -pretty mouth, she looked- very girnsn, ana u was to be noticed that from tha very first' the Jury' looked upon hr sympa thetically. . , ." '- . : On looked Over this Jury with closer scrutiny than evr. No rich men are on It. No poor men are on it. iney are all . men of - comfortable circutn stances, though some of . them merely hold . salaried . poaitlona There were mor white-hatred men thka young men. On southerner was accepted, much to genuine surprise, for a southerner's sympathy wlth' th unwritten lawls welt uriderstood.- - . , N. '" It waa a ' wonderful story that cam musically from th frail child-woman' lips. Daughter of a lawyer who had died penniless, her mother had brought her and her young brother to New York City, and the-child s beauty bad .been put to hlr . to artists. Her earnings supported th family. . Sh was only 49 years old. She thought to-make more money and make It Mess tediously, and sh went oa thf stag. Stanford Whit How h connived at masting her. how he daaaled. her -with the luxurious ap pointments . of . his ' different studios. how finally ha won her mother's eon- f ldenoor. and- ho w-he-Sent her. mother on a trip to Pittsburg, assuming a paternal care of the gfrl while,' th mother was gone, and how he took her on th first night her mother had left her alon to hi aoartmenta and there drugged and irreparably . Injured she told,, and be cause 'her sobs were dry .and th tears that cam were only few,; th cynical Mid she hiyJ told all thee things with out real emotion, sui men in nu court room - shed th tears that she did not. Men In the Jury box" wept at th plo tur ah drew of a child falling Int tha' hands of a satyr.' Thaw-at time gripped his face- in hi shaking hand and sobbed openly. ( - -. ' "Thaw Pronosed aCarrlaa. N ' In" Paris Thaw asked tier to . marry him. What ah then did, Jerom him self declares. If true, was a aacriflc unequalled rln history or In literature. Sh told him th whole truth about 'her past with Stanford Whit, and ah told him that aha .would not marry him be caus sh loved him and ah knew that such a-marriage would only bring him trouble with hi family. . 7 Thaw refused to giv th girl up. He saw her and they were married at hi mother's hom. They had lived happily for som time when they .returned to New Tork'Twca shs had met Whit accidentally. After their marriage, ah said, h would' awake In the night In great' excitement and begin to talk to her about th villainies of Whit. The sight of White ona night at- the theatre just after their rettim from ' Europe th second time drove Thaw frantic. For thre days, without mercy, with out so much as a pretense at delicacy, Jerom hammered and pried at th girl' evidence, trying, to break It down.- Over and over-again h mad her tell every thing shameful tn ths subsequent rela tions In whloh Whit had held her. . He tried brutally to destroy th impression of girllshnea and Innate purity -that shs had mad on th Jury. H tried to how her up a merely th usual Broad way wanton. H maa ner ten or a boy and girl lov affair between herself and Jsek Bs.rrymor. , - j JBvelyn Tra to Bet Mother. For hour he mad her acknowledge tb receipt ef -check from Stanford V. ,r , fit, f 'i . i i .. HARY K. THAW. Whit. But here It appeared that moat of th checks had been -received by the girl's mother,' and whan Evelyn Nesblt said that her mother had handled and used most Of tha money It wss th first word ah had spoken s gainst hsr mother, and It WWS rmarkapl lack of -vindictlveness - remarkable, endur ance oS filial- lor that had made her keep her . mother's nam out of th story as much as possible.. i -' ..(; Tet all th time , Jerom . cross-examined her he held in hia hand a thick statement prepared byth girl's mother In Pittsburg. This , statement abused the girl a wilful, and placed many-facts In Jerome's hands which ha used In tor turing her in an attempt to break her down. ' Her brother, . too,- was against her. ' He, came to New York ' declaring that he would go on the stand n de fense of Stanford White's memory- Stanford White who had been good to him. But In the face of his sister's ter rible atory- ho changed - his tuns 'and said he would defend hen Bat neither Thaw's lawyers nor Jerome had any use for him at all...:, ; ..' . (.,; Jerome Completely Baffled. " No cross-examination or any woman witness' ever was as -severe aa tha one to which Evelyn Nesblt Thaw. waa sub jected. Tet Jerom himself practically acknowledged that ah had baffled him. General opinion awarded her, a complete victory. - -. , .. 1 .... The- death of Juror Bolton's - wife halted th trial for three daya. . At tha end of this adjournment he bravely turned to his duties, dispelling fear of a mistrial. . ,... - " ..,. .'. Then the defense brought- on Its chief experts. Dr. Evans and Dr. Wag' ner. Evans swore that In hia opinion Thaw had suffered a form of maniac depression on th night he shot .White. In describing the form. Dr. . Evans ut tered a word that has become famous over th world. He said thaV.Tl had suffered a brainstorm. . . Dr. Wagner gave th earn testimony. Jerome was savag in. bis cross-exam. inatlont of ;Dr. Evans, .with whom h had had a personal quarrel In the cor ridors of the courthouse; But Evans had a wit. too ready -and va knowledge too deep, and," In the- battle, , defeated J-srom. .; Nor did Jerom And another Wiley In Dr. Wagner. .; , ' Thaw himself acted mor or leaa ner vously. He 'was a gravely concerned man. - however,- whfn bis old mother cam to th witness stand, i .y 1 Wait' Brother-la-X.aw. ... ,'')' "Jerome had now a surprise to spring. He apparently abandoned ' an ' Idea of proving that Thaw waa an incurable ma- niao a nt. subject for Matteawan. He called on Jsmes Clinch Smith, a broth r-in-law of Stanford White, to tak th witness stand.- Delma fought fiercely against th admission of Smith's evi dence, declaring it should hav been placed In th prosecution' direct cas. But Jerome's declaration that th wit ness had been In Europe, and - hla at tendance secured at th earlieat possi ble, moment prevailed, ana he was al lowed to apeak. . . He declared that Thaw had com uo to him on Madison Squar Garden that night where Smith sat alon; had taken the chair next to him and talked with him.. on t many, subjects women. : th play; tha prices of steamship passage; the merits of steamship lines and other things. All th tlm Thaw was look ing In the; direction where White jWgs. Smith did not know White1 was ther at th tlm . ' Then Jerom produced hla star wit ness Abraham Hummel. Hummel swor that th affidavit In whloh Evelyn Nesblt swore Thaw . had , misused her and beaten her becaus sh persisted in refusing to elgn a document charg ing White With wronging her when) ahe was It year old, telling - Thaw ahe would not becaua th charge waa not true, - 'dictated "by him absolutely and only "from what th gitX had told h(m- , . , . aummat a uoavnovea xewa. . But Delmaa mad little Hummel tell th Jury that he was a convicted crim inal; that Jerom in that -very court- ! f I- t room bad asked that the extreme perP alty of.th Isw be put upon blm. be cause he had for 20 years been a menace to society (n. New ' York, and- that he waa at the-? resent-tisne-under -Indictment for two felonies, one of them a charge of drawing upCbogus atfldavir With that Jerom closed th state's case completely. . : r " : . ' Five new experts for the defense de clared that -Thaw wa insane when he shot Stanford White- In a condition not to know the difference, between right and wrong. . Policemen (who were also in-the stntlon-l.ouse . when Thaw; was arrested testified that he looked and acted Irrationally and that ha had asked several tunes: . "Why have you - got those young girls locked up and . why are they screaming?" ; No young girls were In th statlon-houa. Soma women were on the next floor, -but they : were not screaming. . - - , ':- - . . Jerome at this point asked that the Jury withdraw. He declared that Thaw's lawyers knew well that their client was Incapable of advising with counsel, and said he would call the matter to the U teatlon of the apy-llate division. ' HARRIMAN AND ViDOTJ :. FIGHT FOR RAILROAD Wizard Charged With Organizing Dummy Company to Prevent ;: Building of Road. . . .' ' (Jmrnal RneHal Serrlee. Los Angeles, April 11 Mrs. Fred erick H. Rlndge, widow of the late multl mllllonalr. and E. IL Harrlman hav clashed In a bitter fight for a seashore railroad right of "way" ffdnTWrtrLol Angeles to Ventura. The land Is but. a few hundred yards wide And la backed by towering mountain on the east and by- the ocean on the west. -One hundred miles of railway, considered aa strate gically very Important, are involved. Mrs. Rtndge. who owns a great ranch. I laying tracks along the 25 miles of it length,- according to the wish ex pressed In her husband's will, and da dares her determination to pvt ' th road through. She charges thai Har- rtman. through a recent Incorporation, the Santa. Monica Northern railroad. with dummy stockholders, U trying to defeat her purpose. r . Th Harrlman interests have obtained som of th frontage; and will not let go.- In this connection it ia interesting to note that , Harrlman Is coming here within a few weeks, and certain well informed persons say that the Rindge content is the main factor m bringing him; here. k I ' ' .- . - -y y - TRIAL OF PRESBYTERIAN LAWSUITJS BEGUN Mesrnsl Spselsl rvtM. -'" BoonvlUe- Mo., April II. The suit brought by the union element of the Cumberland" Presbyterian church at Wrrensburg against' th antl-unlon element at that place, wa called for trial todav. having -been brought her on change of venue from Warrenahurg. Th union element I seeking to enjoin tha antl-unlon element from using tne church heretofore used by the Cumber land Presbyterians.' Tb suit, also aims to prevent them from publishing and .in. ha confession of faith - of the Cumberland Presbyterian ' church nd from using th name Cumoeriaaa rres byterlan. Th result of. th suit is awaited with much interest, a It In volves all th property questions that hav teen raised or are likely to b raised In thr states. Th fight will be waged by eminent counsel on both side. ., Preferred Stoek OaaaaS Oeoda.' Allan Lwts Best Brand. ' ' t imirml Reeelal rvle. New Tork. April II Continuing hi arguments to th Jury for th convic tion of Harry K. Thaw. District Attor ney Jerome depicted Thaw's arrast and conversationat th polio station. Hs pictured again how Thaw located Whit oa the roof garden and said: - "Every act cf thla man was th act of sanity. - but - tho . witness . says he I X:!i"..'aJ ..:y." "ill"" . l A.T;?'"1 Jlty had hated for years, a . . , , , . ravished th woman h married. If he had watched him for half an hour, would you exrect him not to be whiteT And . who would - expect blm to com here with a plea of 'dementia Ameri cana', to present to this Jury T -- - This act., gentlemen, bristled with premeditation and deliberation. No wonder th grand Jury returned an In dictment on the facte f presented." Jerom then plunged Into a sever at tack oa Evelyn, Incidentally building up in , hla speech a defense tor Whit that he could not offer in , th evl danoe. ' ....' .- ,." Sneers .at' Svelya'a Story. ;" . Jerome sneered at Evelyn's story of her ruin by Whits and ssrcsstlcally re ferred to Bvoljrn aa tha "angel child." H tore to piece her whole tory of her wrong t Whit' hands. "Th de fendant' attorneys," continued th dis trict ' sttomey, "hav said for him, ' 1 waa Insane.' tot us examine th atory they say mad him Insane. ' ,' "I direct j-our attention to 'th man. array -haired, with a family highly es teemed, an acknowledged genius In his profession, who oame into tha life of thte-girl But -until th night A cribed by her, everything shows -that he did not make a single Insidious ad vance toward her, did not make her a alr-vlu rlrtt wtt AA mat l lit tl jher childish imagination by ' a display vi i inn nrMni. 1:. :'.' h v - ' "; Was Merely aa Admlrsr. ' ."Remember- th care he also took of her. . He would not allow her to drink l-fnor than on glass of champagne at a tlm. Does that look Ilk he waa a man who would try to ply her with win for her rulnt Does it not. rather show that he waa a maa merely to whom her childish beauty appealed? A man may be wanting In virtue, but be cause he Is nnchasto It does not follow that h I a brut. Because he loved pleasure It does not follow that he wa -J-Hvlngjo. mlteJihl"cWl(Lhl-4rey. n-T 'Consider that when she attended attended hi dinners at night, did- he sand her horn with on of hi companions? : No. , He never-took a chance with them that harm should befall her. He took ber home himself and aaw. that her mother Sot up and received her. " He has been pictured as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as the rsvlsher of many women. . His Ufa has been pictured as oca round. of sensuality.. For such' at man a stimu lus of, reciprocal passion Is. needed." Bvelya's Story SToaseaae. . ' Jerome described 'from . Evelyn's words on the stand how she had gone to White' den. . drinking "drugged win subsequently to going horns with White. He explained, "and th data of thla extraordinary occurrence sh does not remember within three months. It might hav been September, October or November.. Tou men know . women. They do 'not forget anything. Tou know that they remember every' anni versary, and to think an cannot re member Within three month-th tlm she. waa drugged and ravished. "What nonsense. She of the Tioro- dora' chorus, she dragged into this den snd made Whits' prey. At the begin ning" of the trial-the defense saya it threw open the doors, and when she could not tlx within three months the date - of this ' event, they , said, "Why don t you prove an alibi for Whiter But wnen, on eroaa-examl nation it. ap peared that photographs would . flx th date of th ravishment.' when Professor Wltthaus waa called to prv that no drug will act ha that-angel child test! fled that White's "drug acted, we were told", Tou cannot go into th falsity of her story of that night, except aa a review - of It ' may effect .her credi bility.' But you cannot prevent that story from having a lasting effect upon men a minds. . . BepeatedUy Met Walt. "Then sh tell us that th morning following th ravishment , Whit told her thst all wo maa -are unchaste, only that some are more clever than others. Do you think your daughter at 1 would believe such a statement? Tet after that what does sh doT - Meets him again and again, again and again, again and again, this ravlshsr, who stripped her, : robbed het ef her - virginity, and always It was voluntary, always It waa ravishment, even that time when a man coming Into tha Tower theatre saw her undresaing, getting ready to be ravished. Then after all- the thing had been told - to Delma s, they '- Introduced to have marked for Identification. - with great" ostentation, -some letters written to her by Whit, by this human dragon feeding upon th virginity of maidens, and not on of thera waa Introduced aa evidence, t,f 1 . Jerom Befad Wht It is possible thst this dragon in 'ail the letter could hav deported him self a a gentleman? - I It 'credible that this togre could hav refrained from such reference to his brutality In all. these letters? It la possibl that they contained nothing damaging . to him? Tet sot on was Introduced. "Consider that this modern St. Oeorge (turning to Thaw), leading thla 'Angel child.' Into the' paths of righteousness waa at thla tlm writing'' to her letter In whloh he diaousaed sexual Verver- st on. But above and beyond all, gentle men. Is the most wonderful character isation of a fiend that ever fell from th lip of a wronged girl... , . ... y Aaka Sympatky fog Wait. 'After all.th long -days of hr de scription of htm a a dragon and ogr. or might believe th spirit of Stanford Whit cam here and whispered. rVVIIl you not say one word. for. me? My lips are aealed by death and by the law of evident. The law will not permit me to any where I was on the niht after those pictures wer taken. (Here Jerom raised th pictures In his v-nd. ) The law .will not let me apeak 4 'my self. I sin written here as one for hom th fires of hell sre inadiuste. Won't you say one word for me?' Then as sh heard this spirit, here r her wonderful wordi: "'As a friend t know of no ona n -r than Stanford White, outside of this one thing. He was kind and consider ate, (specially to my family. He wa very kind and I tried to make Mr. Thaw understand he was a grand man., but Thaw said that only made blm mor dangerous." ";. ..;.,,-.....; ,i. .. . . j . Saya JJvelya Sefeaded Wklta, "Then again aha said: II always be haved as a father to me. He never I wr m Mini mdnov-fo me untirthat-nlghfr He - nxPTM'adrrt1tm-or-r -but. ha never made lov..' He wssTfln. mun and everybody who knew him said the same thing.' Oentlemen, there nev er was a more extraordinary panegyrte pronounced upon a man, and this man. we are expected to believe, drugged ent ravished this girl at some- time not fixed within three months. - "I am not here to defend Stanford White. That he had faults and gross faults. P.O . on denlea, but there ia a difference between the man and the brute he I depicted. . And now, not th girl of 1 who thought all women tin eheste. but the woman of 12 can alt here and look back noon him and unon that room where she says sh 'was drugged end describe him In this way. ' Btala4 Bar steeped. "It I more consistent that thla maa. of wealth when he saw this child oom into sis circle, tried to help her than that this horrible monster could have retained her respect. Again It is not inconsistent thst her - relations ware pur. You do not know that they wer nwi purr, nor go you so expert, aa thle girl tell us, and I submit that this girl doe teU th truth, that thl girl whose testimony show thst every rela tion was aa involuntary act., even when ah undressed to prepare for It " " " " - "But no matter how far w digress, w must come back to th Issue, which la that thl defendant say 'I did not know th nitur and quality ef my act. I did not know It was a revolver that Iiad in my hand. I did aot know that the act was wrong.' , '. Bvelya's Mother Shiftless. ' "W now come to the- second figure In th tragedy, the woman la the" case. It la not easy for a man to discuss a woman, but It is duty that has to be don. What chance bad this woman in llf anyway t Her father died when she waa a child and hsr mother appears to have been, a ahlf tie woman. . They wer flitting from, place to place; At It .sh wss the breadwinner of the family. She had what Delmaa describe as th gift of beauty, ay, for one In her walk of life, wa know how fatal wa her beauty. , W all know th pur suit maintained by a woman of the great White Way If sh i ooaaexaa Lbeauty ai4 ia eonstaptjy tempted, . . j'irag went on to , describe how Yachtsman Garland had pursued Eve lyn, bow she tosttt led that her mother had been- pleased With Oarland'a atten tions,, although he was married. This. Jerome thought, offered a sufficient commentary on the lack of counsel and advice that Evelyn experienced as a ' Th prosecutor took, up " her school girl diary, written while at th Pomp ton, New Jersey, school. "In th n trtes In this diary." ha ssld, "I believe w find th key to th whole tragedy.' ' '-' ' Wanted to X aa Actress. Jerome read from Evelyn's comments on school life, commenting on them as he passed. He dwelf longest on the en try about her school; companions. "'A girl who has been good and against whom, no- word of scandal haa ever been said Is fortunate la more' ways than one. These girla are all that kind. They hav been kept from th world an know little about the mean side of life. "Hut to the other hand, not one of them will ever be anything. Per haps they will be good wives ana with ers, and die-good wive and mothers. out woauisr it is ambition or foolish ness. I want to be a good actress first Be good wives and mothsrs." com mented - Jerome. "Most people would think that , enough, but here ia one who first wanted to be a nnd f it shows clearly the key to the trag edy, shows how. sh became the wo man, playing th two men air. In. r ..., other, untli ahe -caused the death of one. This is tha child who went to Europe la 108 on. Thaw's money, who believed not at all in the virtu Jt wo rotn. who had been in tha chorus, "who believed It nothing k- -good wife and mother. Steltea ea Mammal's Teatlmoay. "This lAnget child- held nn h twi. mas, and upon whose unin..,,. w . baaed hla whole case, loved Thaw with a great love, and refuse kin. - sh thought herself unfit to be hi wife. .., wu .... leave aim and returns to NW York on hla monn rijt ... Humraal's office within St hour after "5 Whu- tber to make affidavit of which I wlU aay more later. , "Oh. a great love lnriei it could be wiped out in U hour by the Ilea of her betrayer, who told her tales of perversion: a great love. Indeed. Note here, that in thia affidavit the sis nature of Evelyn Nesblt Is Just beei.la the date. Disbelieve all tha .... affidavit, but thia date remains, snd It proves that within 14 hours, after sh. waa back with her betrayer, her great love for Thaw was undermined." Tore JKaigbra Armor rrom . ' Jtrom took un Thaw nt ....v... htm aa a wealthy Plttsbura- m.n m,.... "paid honorable court tn a .v.n-... by twisting ISO bills about American beauty rose and offering competence to her mother." .Jerom in withering. merrlla. .r,,,. tore from Thaw the kniaht'a armor x.. i. maa had placed upon him, recited 1k.v the couple had lived inih., i through Europe. "Thla Sir (i!ah-,i Haunted her as hi mlstreee thruunti ! Europe. Truly It was a knight r . i riding abroad to protect hi la.ly I.. Then he recited Thaw's proposal i.. night of the milrrt-r to j4iue Smith to provide fcmltli with a I brunette. "Oh, Sir Oalahea.):" . I,ifm...t 1 "Almost. wtlliln tho harlmr f I mnking t'.ia o! f.-r. 1 hi 1 js t 'struck for Amen.-.in With vry '.ement in t:,!a . . . la only a corniii.in, evsy-.;iy t. murder." Xart'Idft r - pst. . r -. Jroni ftii' ' '.1 1 - ' J.it y I., i tn i m si w is t.ii. ! i .1 . Ci'l.l. ' I !, ) l' "11